Chapter 150: Reappearance of the Mountain Sitting Technique

Instead of immediately leaving seclusion, Li Fan returned to the stone chamber at the bottom of the lake and immediately began his first cultivation session after Foundation Establishment.

He was cultivating the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter.

After not too long, he frowned and stopped.

Because, during the cultivation process, he vaguely felt a slight sense of stagnation in the circulation of Spiritual Qi.

Although it was an extremely subtle trace, one wouldn't notice it without careful attention.

But it was there nonetheless.

After thinking for a moment, Li Fan stopped and turned his attention to cultivating the Technique of Calming the Sea Divine Sword.

Since Zhang Haobo's death, no one had been cultivating this Cultivation Technique.

Upon starting, Li Fan clearly noticed the difference compared to cultivating the Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter.

Even with Li Fan's Aptitude, cultivation proceeded incredibly smoothly.

As if there was an enlightenment bonus, in an instant, the Spiritual Qi circulated within his body according to the Cultivation Technique's pathways for only a few cycles, easily Breakthrough to Qi Refining Mid-Stage.

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“Right, you are now at Late Qi Refining Stage. When choosing a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation Technique, if conditions permit, remember to choose one that is compatible with your own Foundation Establishment wondrous item. This way, not only will your future cultivation be twice the result with half the effort, but there will also be many other benefits.”

He Zhenghao's words from back then suddenly resurfaced in Li Fan's mind, and he became thoughtful.

“Compatibility, so that's how it is.”

With a thought, a blue water sword instantly formed in his Dantian.

With a casual flick, the water sword flew out in an instant, easily piercing a small hole in the boulder.

“The power of the spell Move has also increased to a certain extent.”

Li Fan retracted the Calming the Sea Divine Sword and pondered inwardly.

“If it were an ordinary Cultivator, with both a Nascent Soul Cultivation Technique and a Golden Core Cultivation Technique in hand, even if the Golden Core Cultivation Technique was faster to Cultivate, they would definitely choose to Cultivate the Nascent Soul Cultivation Technique.”

“But I am different; Huan Zhen can bring my Cultivation Realm back to the next life. Therefore, what suits me best is the Cultivation Technique that most quickly raises my current Realm.”

“Before, I had no choice; there was only one Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter to Cultivate. Now that there are more choices, I don't have to cling to it.”

Li Fan examined the Cultivation Technique column on his Huan Zhen panel.

When he had fewer Cultivation Techniques previously, he didn't pay much attention.

Now, with as many as six Cultivation Techniques being cultivated simultaneously, he noticed some clues in their arrangement.

Mystic Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill, Day Stealing Sun Replacement Art, Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter, Intent Spirit Illusion Art, As Shadow Follows Form.

It seemed to be sorted by the value of the Cultivation Technique, from highest to lowest.

“In that case, the Mystic Yellow Heart Refining Mantra is actually above the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill?”

The Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill was personally passed down by Qin Tang and is completely different from the current Cultivation Techniques.

Regardless of the Cultivation Realm, as long as the previous layer is at Perfection and the advancement conditions are met, one can Cultivate the next layer on their own.

The seven layers of Cloud Water Illusion Dream correspond to Mortal, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, and Dao Integration, respectively.

Its preciousness is self-evident.

Even so, in Huan Zhen's view, the grade of this Mystic Yellow Heart Refining Mantra still surpasses the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill.

The implications of this made Li Fan fall into deep thought.

However, Li Fan himself was at a loss as to how he had originally comprehended the Mystic Yellow Heart Refining Mantra.

Therefore, Li Fan was destined to not figure out anything.

Currently, the Mystic Yellow Heart Refining Mantra was operating ceaselessly, like an instinct for breathing.

However, its cultivation progress had become very slow.

Twenty-eight years had passed in this life, yet there was still no obvious change.

However, Li Fan was not in a hurry. After all, he had plenty of time.

His thoughts returned to choosing the Cultivation Technique he would Cultivate next.

Li Fan couldn't help but recall the Sitting Mountain Skill that He Zhenghao had cultivated during his lifetime.

From He Zhenghao's descriptions between the lines, this Cultivation Technique seemed to infinitely amplify the advantage of precognition brought by Huan Zhen.

However, the so-called “sitting on the mountain and enjoying its fruits,” how effective it truly was, still needed to be tested specifically.

Li Fan pondered for a moment, then took out a pile of unrecognizable residue from his Storage Ring.

These were the remains of the Cultivators previously obtained from Tianyang Grotto-heaven.

Since his Clone had died, it was time to re-refine a new Clone.

A glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

“The first thing to do is to find the part that belongs to Fellow Daoist He.”

After thinking for a moment, Li Fan immediately had an idea.

He set up a simplified version of the “Zhou Tian Star Dou Formation” and then poured all the residue into it.

The residue immediately floated and rotated around the center like the stars of the Zhou Tian.

Li Fan then increased the output frequency of the Formation.

The residue began to spin even faster.

Soon, these residues formed their own distinct trajectories, clearly separated.

Li Fan carefully distinguished He Zhenghao's aura.

It was still mixed with some other residue.

Li Fan patiently repeated the above steps.

After more than half a day, he finally separated He Zhenghao's remains.

Supreme Bone, Heaven Spirit Milk, Broken Bone Treasure Tendon, heaven crystal spirit sand…

Li Fan took out the Materials he had prepared earlier, one by one.

He began refining.

“According to the instructions in the Day Stealing Sun Replacement Art, when stripping a deceased Cultivator, some memories from their lifetime will be randomly sensed.”

“Generally speaking, the greater the value of something to the Cultivator during their lifetime, the lower the probability of it appearing.”

“So, exactly what can be stripped depends largely on Luck.”

“He Zhenghao had already planned to change Cultivation Techniques during his lifetime, so he clearly didn't value this Sitting Mountain Skill too much.”

“My chances of successfully replicating it are quite high.”

Li Fan thought to himself as he began to condense the Clone.

Bones, organs, skin, hair…

Slowly taking shape.

Finally, he still molded the face according to the previous Clone's appearance.

Li Fan nodded in satisfaction and pointed at the Clone's head.

“Sever!”

Unlike before, this time after his consciousness connected to the Clone.

Many faded yellow images suddenly appeared in Li Fan's mind.

Like paintings preserved for a long time.

Some were just old, others were riddled with holes and badly damaged.

But they all flashed by in an instant.

Li Fan concentrated all his mental energy, carefully distinguishing the parts where the Sitting Mountain Skill existed.

The number of images appearing became fewer and fewer, and they began to tremble violently.

Li Fan's heart remained unmoved.

He only wanted the Sitting Mountain Skill.

Finally, his Luck exploded.

Just before all the images were about to disappear, Li Fan saw it.

The scene of a young He Zhenghao, after exploring an Immortal Cave, holding a Jade Slip with a look of joy.

A sharp glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

“That's the one!”

His thoughts, like a beast that had been waiting for its prey for a long time, fiercely devoured this faded, damaged image.

Countless pieces of information flowed into Li Fan's mind like water.

Li Fan slowly digested them.

After a long while, Li Fan opened his eyes, a strange look in them.

“This Sitting Mountain Skill, it turns out it's not a Cultivation Technique for humans!”